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Danesi, Marcel. Italian Demystified. McGraw-Hill, 2007.

Italian Demystified

Authors: Marcel Danesi

Published:  September 2007

eISBN: 9780071593731 007159373X | ISBN: 9780071476591
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  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Part One: Basic Skills
  • Chapter 1 Italian Pronunciation and Spelling
  • Pronunciation of Italian Vowels
  • Introducing Yourself
  • Pronunciation of Italian Consonants
  • Introducing People
  • Italian Spelling and Capitalization
  • Using the Verb Piacere
  • Asking People How They Are
  • Names and Surnames
  • Quiz
  • Chapter 2 Meeting and Greeting People
  • Italian Nouns
  • Asking Chi é?
  • Asking Che cosa é?
  • Plural Nouns
  • Asking Chi sono? and Che cosa sono?
  • Italian Titles
  • Meeting and Greeting Expressions
  • Quiz
  • Chapter 3 Asking Questions
  • More Plural Nouns
  • Days of the Week and Months of the Year
  • Languages and Nationalities
  • Question Words
  • Italian-Speaking World
  • Other Countries Around the World
  • Quiz
  • Chapter 4 Describing People and Things
  • Personal Pronouns
  • Using the Verb Essere
  • Adjectives
  • Numbers from 0 to 20
  • Italian Currency
  • Numbers from 21 to 100
  • Asking Questions with Prepositions
  • Using Quanto and Quale
  • Quiz
  • Chapter 5 Expressing Likes and Dislikes
  • Forms of the Indefinite Article
  • Forms of the Definite Article
  • Expressing Here and There with Essere
  • Using the Verb Avere
  • Using the Verb Stare
  • More About Using the Verb Piacere
  • Quiz
  • Part One: Test
  • Part Two: Expanding on the Basics
  • Chapter 6 Learning the Present Indicative with -are Verbs
  • Present Indicative of -are Verbs
  • Expressions of Time
  • Verbs Ending in -care, -gare, -ciare, and -giare
  • Italian Food and Drink
  • Using the Verbs Bere and Dare
  • More About Nouns and Gender
  • Numbers from 101 to 1000
  • Quiz
  • Chapter 7 Prepositions and the Present Indicative of -ere Verbs
  • Present Indicative of -ere Verbs
  • Using the Verbs Fare and Dire
  • Prepositional Contractions
  • Numbers Over 1000
  • Telling Time
  • Quiz
  • Chapter 8 Demonstratives and the Present Indicative of -ire Verbs
  • Present Indicative of -ire Verbs
  • Using the Verb Capire
  • Using the Verbs Andare, Uscire, and Venire
  • Ordinal Numbers
  • Demonstratives
  • Expressing Dates
  • Italian Holidays
  • Quiz
  • Chapter 9 Present Progressives and Possessives
  • Present Progressive Tense
  • Using the Verbs Potere, Volere, and Dovere
  • Possessives
  • Talking About the Weather
  • Italian Cities
  • Quiz
  • Chapter 10 Giving Commands
  • Imperative Tense
  • Negative Imperative
  • Using the Verbs Sapere and Conoscere
  • Partitives
  • Talking About Addresses
  • Quiz
  • Part Two: Test
  • Part Three: Building Competence
  • Chapter 11 Using Reflexive Verbs
  • Reflexive Verbs
  • Imperative Forms of Reflexive Verbs
  • Reciprocal Forms of Verbs
  • Fractions and Other Numerical Expressions
  • Clothing
  • Quiz
  • Chapter 12 Using the Present Perfect Tense
  • Present Perfect Tense with Avere
  • Present Perfect Tense with Essere
  • Irregular Past Participles
  • More About the Definite Article
  • Quiz
  • Chapter 13 Using the Imperfect Tense
  • Imperfect Tense
  • Irregular Verbs in the Imperfect Tense
  • Progressive Form of the Imperfect Tense
  • More About Demonstratives and Possessives
  • Quiz
  • Chapter 14 Using the Pluperfect and Past Absolute Tenses
  • Pluperfect Tense
  • Past Absolute Tense
  • Irregular Verbs in the Past Absolute Tense
  • Transportation
  • Quiz
  • Chapter 15 More About Nouns and Adjectives
  • More About Masculine and Feminine Nouns
  • Nouns of Greek Origin
  • Position of Adjectives
  • Form-Changing Adjectives
  • Human Body
  • Quiz
  • Part Three: Test
  • Part Four: Extending Competence
  • Chapter 16 Talking About the Future
  • Using the Future Tense
  • Irregular Forms in the Future Tense
  • Future Perfect Tense
  • Talking About Sports
  • Quiz
  • Chapter 17 Using the Conditional Tense
  • Conditional Tense
  • Irregular Forms in the Conditional Tense
  • Past Conditional Tense
  • Using Negatives
  • Italian People
  • Quiz
  • Chapter 18 Using Object Pronouns
  • Object Pronouns
  • Object Pronouns with Past Participles
  • A Bit More About Adjectives
  • Adverbs
  • Computers and the Internet
  • Quiz
  • Chapter 19 Using Double and Attached Object Pronouns
  • Double Object Pronouns
  • Attached Object Pronouns
  • Stressed Pronouns
  • Still More About the Verb Piacere
  • Quiz
  • Chapter 20 Making Comparisons
  • More About Pronouns
  • Adjectives of Comparison
  • Adverbs of Comparison
  • Relative Pronouns
  • Italian Coffee
  • Quiz
  • Part Four: Test
  • Final Exam
  • Italian-English Glossary
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  • F
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  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
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  • W
  • Y
  • Z
  • English-Italian Glossary
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
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  • Answer Key
  • Index